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This guy sounds like the 'star' of a slasher flick;
(CNN) -- The way his prosecutor recalls it, William Richard Bradford literally scared jurors into giving him the death penalty 18 years ago.
"He was the scariest defendant I ever prosecuted," said David Conn, a Los Angeles lawyer who won Bradford's conviction for the 1984 murders of a young woman and a 15-year-old neighbor.
"We knew all along there were more" victims, added Conn. "It was one case I knew I couldn't afford to lose. I had to convict this guy or he'd go out and kill more people."
Even Bradford hinted at other victims after he fired his lawyers and gave his own closing argument:
"Think of how many you don't even know about," he told jurors.
Nearly two decades later, police in Los Angeles, California, are working to tie Bradford to countless unsolved missing persons and murder cases dating back to the 1970s.
"He was the scariest defendant I ever prosecuted," said David Conn, a Los Angeles lawyer who won Bradford's conviction for the 1984 murders of a young woman and a 15-year-old neighbor.
"We knew all along there were more" victims, added Conn. "It was one case I knew I couldn't afford to lose. I had to convict this guy or he'd go out and kill more people."
Even Bradford hinted at other victims after he fired his lawyers and gave his own closing argument:
"Think of how many you don't even know about," he told jurors.
Nearly two decades later, police in Los Angeles, California, are working to tie Bradford to countless unsolved missing persons and murder cases dating back to the 1970s.